[SPECIAL North/South] – The Scrum Fieldbook: A Master Class on Accelerating Performance, Getting Results, and Defining the Future
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map)5660 W Chandler Blvd #1Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda:6:00 Registration Food and Drink6:25 Announcements6:30 Begin the Meeting8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements NOTE: This is a “Special” combined North/South Meeting. We have JJ Sutherland speaking. JJ is the author “The Scrum Fieldbook” (released 10/1/19). JJ is also the son of Jeff Sutherland (co-creator of Scrum)
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Sept 19th [South]: Business Agility Portfolios – Selecting the highest business value
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map)5660 W Chandler Blvd #1Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda:6:00 Registration Food and Drink6:25 Announcements6:30 Begin the Meeting8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Business Agility Portfolios – Selecting the highest business value Now that most organizations are in some stage of their Agile Transformation journey, many have found the need or have already attempted to
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Sept 3rd [North] – Agile Coach: Who do you serve?
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda:6:00 Registration Food and Drink6:25 Announcements6:30 Begin the Meeting8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Agile Coach – Who do you serve? Agile coaches face many challenges as they help guide organizations to agility. Teams may be hampered by deep and restrictive process. Fixed leadership mindsets might adversely impact transformational efforts. Organizations might view
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Aug 22 [North & South]: Objectives & Key Results (OKRs): Connecting the Outcomes & the Output
Where: Workiva (Google Map)1365 N. Scottsdale Rd. #400Scottsdale, AZ NOTE: Location is at Workiva. Please give yourself an extra 5-10 minutes for parking and signing-in to the office (NDA & Visitor badge required). There is parking along both Skysong Boulevard and Innovation Place, and there is another surface lot North of Building 3 off of
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June 20th [South]: Scaling Agile is sooo EASY (in theory!)
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map)5660 W Chandler Blvd #1Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda:6:00 Registration Food and Drink6:25 Announcements6:30 Begin the Meeting8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Scaling Agile is sooo EASY (in theory!) Now that most organizations are in some stage of their Agile Transformation journey, many have found the need or have already attempted to scale Agile throughout their
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June 4th [North]: Persona Creation and User Story Mapping Simulation
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink6:25 Announcements6:30 Begin the Meeting8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Persona Creation and User Story Mapping Simulation Join us as we discuss the importance of customer empathy through a simulation inspired by Jeff Patton’s story mapping technique. In this workshop we
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May 16th [South]: Agile Coach – Who do you serve?
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map)5660 W Chandler Blvd #1Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda:6:00 Registration Food and Drink6:25 Announcements6:30 Begin the Meeting8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Agile Coach – Who do you serve? Agile coaches face many challenges as they help guide organizations to agility. Teams may be hampered by deep and restrictive process. Fixed leadership mindsets might adversely impact transformational efforts. Organizations might view agility
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May 7th [North]: Scaling Agile is sooo EASY (in theory!)
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda:6:00 Registration Food and Drink6:25 Announcements6:30 Begin the Meeting8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Scaling Agile is sooo EASY (in theory!) Now that most organizations are in some stage of their Agile Transformation journey, many have found the need or have already attempted to scale Agile throughout
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Apr 18th [South]: Persona Creation and User Story Mapping Simulation
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map)5660 W Chandler Blvd #1Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda:6:00 Registration Food and Drink6:25 Announcements6:30 Begin the Meeting8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Persona Creation and User Story Mapping Simulation Join us as we discuss the importance of customer empathy through a simulation inspired by Jeff Patton’s story mapping technique. In this workshop we will create
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April 2nd [North] – Benefits of Customer Journeys and Agile Value Streams
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda:6:00 Registration Food and Drink6:25 Announcements6:30 Begin the Meeting8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Benefits of Customer Journeys and Agile Value Streams Many people are familiar with Agile Value Streams, but what are Customer Journeys? Who within an organization generally drives Customer Journeys and/or Agile Value
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Mar 21st [South] – Benefits of Customer Journeys and Agile Value Streams
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map)5660 W Chandler Blvd #1Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda:6:00 Registration Food and Drink6:25 Announcements6:30 Begin the Meeting8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Benefits of Customer Journeys and Agile Value Streams Many people are familiar with Agile Value Streams, but what are Customer Journeys? Who within an organization generally drives Customer Journeys and/or Agile Value Streams?
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Feb 21 [South] – Writing and Grooming User Stories (With an emphasis on splitting)
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map)5660 W Chandler Blvd #1Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda:6:00 Registration Food and Drink6:25 Announcements6:30 Begin the Meeting8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Writing and Grooming User Stories (With an emphasis on splitting) User stories are part of an agile approach that helps shift the focus from writing about requirements to talking about outcomes. They are
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Feb 5 [North] – Writing and Grooming User Stories (With an emphasis on splitting)
Todd Sussman discusses User Stories and story splitting.
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[NORTH] Nov 6th – The Magic of Involvement!
NOTE: This meeting is one-time only. It will NOT come to South location (Speaker from out of the country). Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements ALSO NOTE: In this meeting, we’ll be playing games that
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[South] Oct 18th – Everything I never expected to learn at the Agile Alliance 2018 conference!
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Everything I never expected to learn at the Agile Alliance 2018 conference Come and hear Carla talk about her learnings from the most recent Agile Alliance conference.
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[North] Oct 2 – Everything I never expected to learn at the Agile Alliance 2018 conference
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Everything I never expected to learn at the Agile Alliance 2018 conference Come and hear Carla talk about her learnings from the most recent Agile Alliance conference. You’ll
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[NORTH/SOUTH] September 12th: Agile Therapy – Overcoming the “Grrr” Moments!
NOTE: This is another “summertime roadshow” meeting! It’s hosted by the Nerdery and STC at the STC facility. Where: Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC) (see Google Map – also see “*** Parking Instructions ***” at the bottom) 411 S. 1st St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing
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[South] Aug 23rd: Deliver Quality Customer Value Faster – Agile Accelerator
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Deliver Quality Customer Value Faster – Agile Accelerator Business competition is global and customers have many choices. How do you respond to customer demands or market
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[North] Aug 9th – De-scaling Organizational Complexity with LeSS
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: De-scaling Organizational Complexity with LeSS Organizations are frequently embarking on large scale product development initiatives that involve hundreds, sometimes thousands of team members. Scale brings in additional complexity,
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[South] July 19th – The XP 2018 Conference & the 3X Model
To see slides from this presentation…Click Here. Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: The XP 2018 Conference & the 3X Model Thene will share ideas, findings, and photos from the recent XP
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[North] July 10th – The XP 2018 Conference & the 3X Model
To see slides from this presentation…Click Here. Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: The XP 2018 Conference & the 3X Model Thene will share ideas, findings, and photos from the recent XP 2018
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[South] June 21st: Welcome to the Dojo, a Magical Place!
The slides from the June 5th North meeting have been posted – Click Here – Dojo Phx SUG Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Welcome to the Dojo, a Magical Place! Imagine you
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[North] June 5th: Welcome to the Dojo, a Magical Place!
The slides from this June 5th meeting have been posted – Click Here – Dojo Phx SUG Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Welcome to the Dojo, a Magical Place! Imagine you are a coach
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[South] May 17th: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of Paired Programming
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of Paired Programming Come and hear about one of Nationwide’s agile team’s journey to adopt pair programming. “Pair Development?! Critics
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[North] May 8th – Balancing Delivery and Discovery
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Balancing Delivery and Discovery Do your product teams frequently struggle to have groomed and well-defined stories ready for the developers? Do you find yourselves frequently in “feed
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[South] April 19th: Cultivating the Vital Behaviors of Innovation
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Cultivating the Vital Behaviors of Innovation Yes, innovation has become a buzzword – but for good reason – as it is the important process
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[North] April 3rd – Cultivating Culture in a New Development Team
The slides from this April 3rd meeting have been posted – See them here! Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Cultivating Culture in a New Development Team In this discussion, we will look at some
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[North] March 1st: SAFe’s Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: SAFe’s Continuous Delivery Pipeline The Continuous Delivery Pipeline (also referred to as ‘pipeline’) represents the workflows, activities, and automation needed to provide a continuous release of value
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[South] Feb 15th – Design Studios: Unleashing Your Teams Creative Potential!
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 . Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Design Studios: Unleashing Your Teams Creative Potential! The early stages of product discovery and development can crucially influence the success and direction of any product.
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[North] Feb 6th – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of Paired Programming
The slides from this Feb 6th meeting have been posted – See them here! Where: Nationwide (Google Map) 9200 E Pima Center Pkwy Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of Paired Programming Come
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[South] Jan 25: Cultivating Culture in a New Development Team
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Cultivating Culture in a New Development Team In this discussion, we will look at some of the lessons learned while growing an agile development organization
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[NORTH] DEC 5th: Agile at Play – Using Lego Serious Play to accelerate the value cycle
The slides from the Dec 5th meeting have been posted – See them here! Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Agile at Play – Using Lego Serious Play to
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[North/South] Sept 28th – What’s New in SAFe 4.5?
Where: Amazon (Please See Directions!) Amazon 222 South Mill Ave, Tempe, AZ 85281. Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: What’s New in SAFe 4.5? The Scaled Agile Framework has released SAFe 4.5, which is to be leaner, more Agile, and more supportive of faster innovation
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[NORTH/SOUTH] Aug 29th – When are we going to ship? (Answering the hardest “easy question” in software development)
Where: Cohoots (Google Map) Want to learn more about Cohoots? (click here!) 221 E Indianola Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85012 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: When are we going to ship? (Answering the hardest “easy question” in software development) When are we going
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[NORTH/SOUTH] July 27th – Three Strategies to Create Highly Visible and Predictable Teams
*** SEE THE SLIDES: 3 Strategies to create Visibility & Predictability, and you can get the Google spreadsheet here *** Where: Galvanize (Google Map) Want to learn more about Galvanize? (click here!) 515 E Grant St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Three Strategies to
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[South] June 15 – This doesn’t feel very Agile . . .
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements *** DOWNLOAD Slides Here: This Doesn’t Feel Very Agile… *** Description: This doesn’t feel very Agile… It seems most companies are doing some form of
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[North] June 6th – This doesn’t feel very Agile….
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: This doesn’t feel very Agile… It seems most companies are doing some form of Agile these days; but when you speak to people that work in
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[South] May 18 – Mentoring the Agile Mindset
Where: Isagenix International (Google Map) 155 E. Rivulon Blvd. Gilbert, AZ 85297 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Mentoring the Agile Mindset We’ve all heard about the “Agile “Mindset”; but, what does it really mean, and how do we grow that mindset within with ourselves
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[North] May 2nd – Mentoring the Agile Mindset
Where: Axosoft (Google Map) 13835 North Northsight Boulevard #205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Mentoring the Agile Mindset We’ve all heard about the “Agile “Mindset”; but, what does it really mean, and how do we grow that mindset within with
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[South] April 20th – Agile through PM Eyes
Where: IntraEdge (Google Map) 5660 W Chandler Blvd #1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Agenda: 6:00 Registration Food and Drink 6:25 Announcements 6:30 Begin the Meeting 8:00 Closing Messages and Announcements Description: Agile through PM Eyes Let’s overlay agile/scrum concepts, tasks, and roles over the project manager (PMI) master chart of knowledge areas and process groups (phases)
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